Drag Race! 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Wagon vs D3 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Wagon

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We find out just how fast the D3 Cadillac CTS-V Wagon is when we put it in a head to head drag race battle with our own long term stock CTS-V wagon.

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00:00 (tires screeching)

00:02 (dramatic music)

00:11 (dramatic music)

00:14 - Now that's a station wagon.

00:32 But what is a station wagon?

00:34 Well, a generation ago, it was kind of this sexless,

00:38 neutered, gelded contraption that you had to drive

00:42 as a penalty for having children.

00:44 It was like the least cool thing in the world.

00:46 But that was then.

00:48 These days, if National Lampoon was gonna remake Vacation,

00:51 Christie Brinkley would still drive

00:52 a red mid-engine Ferrari, but Clark Griswold,

00:56 he wouldn't be driving a Country Squire.

00:58 The family truckster would be a Ford Explorer

01:01 or a Honda Odyssey, something like that.

01:03 So then what is a station wagon?

01:06 Well, it sort of occupies this weird no man's land.

01:09 It's really neither fish nor fowl.

01:12 In fact, it's a little bit subversive.

01:14 It's kind of like a custom van from the '70s.

01:16 Like, you know, you wouldn't want your daughter

01:17 dating a dude who drove one of those.

01:20 And you probably wouldn't want your daughter

01:22 going out in one of these.

01:24 This is the Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon.

01:27 And it's arguably the coolest car there is.

01:30 Let's go over the numbers once again,

01:32 because they're so much fun to say.

01:34 You get 556 horsepower out of a supercharged 6.2 liter V8.

01:39 That also makes 551 pound feet of torque.

01:43 The car has three pedals because all of that

01:46 forward velocity goes through a six speed

01:48 manual transmission before it hits the rear wheels.

01:51 And it's a station wagon.

01:53 And this one's black, and it's got black wheels,

01:56 proving once again that evil triumphs over good.

01:59 Or does it?

02:01 (car engine revving)

02:04 (dramatic music)

02:12 (car engine revving)

02:15 This is the D3 Battle Wagon.

02:38 And as you can see, it's white.

02:40 But there are other differences as well.

02:42 It's got a new pulley for the supercharger.

02:44 The intercooler's bigger.

02:45 It's been reflashed.

02:47 It has a different exhaust, and on and on.

02:49 All said and done, there's over $14,000 worth

02:52 of modifications to this car.

02:54 But what does that mean?

02:55 Well, D3 claims it means that it's 675 horsepower

02:59 and 675 pound feet of torque.

03:02 But we know that's a lie.

03:03 How do we know that?

03:04 They left the dyno chart in the glove box.

03:07 Are you ready for this?

03:08 At the rear wheels, it makes 629 horsepower

03:11 and 659 pound feet of torque.

03:14 Those are huge numbers.

03:16 But does it translate to the track?

03:18 Can good triumph over evil?

03:21 Let's find out.

03:22 (dramatic music)

03:25 (car engine revving)

03:37 (car tires screeching)

03:41 (car engine revving)

03:49 (car tires screeching)

04:03 (car engine revving)

04:06 (car tires screeching)

04:31 (car engine revving)

04:34 (car tires screeching)

04:41 Okay, let's break this one down.

04:42 Normally, when a rear wheel drive car

04:44 makes over 700 horsepower, traction's a real issue.

04:47 However, instead of sitting and melting its rubber,

04:50 the Battle Wagon's 100 tread wear Toyos simply hooked up,

04:54 beating, as you can see, the Pilot Sport Cup 2s

04:57 on the regular wagon.

04:58 (car engine revving)

05:02 The D3 Battle Wagon's able to hit 60 miles an hour

05:05 in just 3.7 seconds, a fairly resounding

05:08 four tenths of a second faster than the stock Caddy.

05:11 (car engine revving)

05:14 At the end of the pavement, it's really all over,

05:18 with the D3 doing it in 11.9 seconds at 121 miles per hour,

05:23 with the black Caddy wagon behind by 91 feet,

05:27 six tenths of a second, and six miles per hour,

05:29 respectively.

05:30 That's a pretty impressive beat down

05:32 for just 14 grand over sticker.

05:34 (car engine revving)

05:37 (rock music)

05:39 (rock music)

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